Microvision has now begun shipping the first units of its Nomad Personal Display System HMD, capable of viewing 800 x 600 pixel SVGA resolution, to vertical markets.
Albeit not targeted at consumers, but instead at four vertical markets - industrial, aerospace, medical, and military, Microvision's new Nomad Personal Display System is still one of the most sophisticated head-mounted displays (HMD) on the market. Recently, Microvision began shipping the very first units of the HMD to customers.
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The Nomad display system is a high-resolution headworn display that presents images and information to the user in a see-through or "head-up" mode. The purpose of the display is to enable head-up, hands-free access to information such as diagrams, instrumentation, maintenance records, moving maps and interactive training manuals. According to Microvision, the Nomad display features full daylight-readability, allowing users to view high contrast images in even the most challenging ambient lighting conditions. In addition, the display sports SVGA resolution.
The company is targeting applications for workers in four vertical markets - industrial, aerospace, medical, and military - that enable customers to keep information in front of people engaged in manual tasks or on the move, noted Rick Rutkowski, Microvision CEO.
The first shipments of the display reflect the diverse applications for the Nomad system that Microvision is developing with customers and partners, such as Stryker Leibinger, who will couple the Nomad system with a surgical workstation, Telesensory, who will assess the Nomad system as a device intended to improve the ability of people with low vision to read printed material, and EUROCONTROL, who will evaluate its first Nomad systems as tools to improve visualization for air traffic controllers, potentially reducing stress and workload, reducing delays, and improving airport safety.
"This year will be an exciting time for Microvision," noted Rutkowski. "We are now shipping a ground-breaking display product that enables a whole new paradigm for how electronic information is visualized in applications from maintenance and manufacturing to air-traffic control, surgery and security. As a result of our work, the U.S. military recently awarded us contracts to further develop and enhance the Nomad display technology for both combat and medical applications. With Nomad, Microvision has the opportunity to play a role in shaping and defining a very significant new market in information technology as it develops over the next several years."
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